James Ramsay (painter)
James Ramsay | |
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Newcastle-upon-Tyne | |
Nationality | English |
Known for | Portrait painting |
James Ramsay (1789–1854) was a British portrait painter, working in oils.[1]
Life
Ramsay was born in
Francis Chantrey as apprentice in 1797. Robert Ramsay also published some engravings by John Raphael Smith. While still a youth, James Ramsay was painting professionally in the family business, and exhibited at age 17.[2]
Ramsay died, after a protracted illness, at 40 Blackett Street,
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, on 23 June 1854, aged 68.[3]
Exhibitions
Ramsay's name first appeared in the catalogue of the
Lord Brougham, whom he again painted in 1818.[3]
In 1814 Ramsay sent to the academy two scriptural subjects, Peter denying Christ and Peter's Repentance, and in 1819 views of
Literary and Philosophical Society of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and later in Newcastle town hall, was exhibited in 1837, together with that of Dr Thomas Elliotson, which went to the Royal College of Physicians. His portrait of Henry Grattan, which was passed down in the Grattan family, was engraved in mezzotint by Charles Turner, and a copy of it by Sir Thomas Alfred Jones went to the National Gallery of Ireland.[3]
Ramsay also exhibited scriptural, historical, and fancy subjects at the
James Northcote, Dionysius Lardner, and many others.[3]
Museums and galleries
Ramsay's works are represented in many museums and galleries around Britain, with at least 25 portraits in public collections.[1]
- National Portrait Gallery (London): oil of Thomas Bewick; 34 mezzotints by Charles Turner and others, after his drawings.[4]
- National Railway Museum, York: oil of Michael Longridge.[1]
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References
- ^ a b c Art UK Your Paintings: James Ramsay
- doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/23087. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ a b c d Lee, Sidney, ed. (1896). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 47. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ NPG: James Ramsay
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lee, Sidney, ed. (1896). "Ramsay, James (1786-1854)". Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 47. London: Smith, Elder & Co.